SOWK 8238 - Women & Family Issues in Social Work

Two credit hours.

This course will examine women’s and family issues in social welfare with particular attention to the social service delivery system, significant historical and contemporary federal/state policy issues, and the social work profession. Several special populations of women will be considered, including poor women, survivors of violence, and older women. Specific topics to be addressed in this course are work/family issues, welfare and poverty, violence against women, and care giving.